Store owners beware: Sex With Strangers is not a hardcore
video. This is a brilliantly executed cable-caliber
documentary that follows the lives of three swinging couples,
through their idealistic intentions to the reality of having
to juggle multiple relationships. Managing a relationship
with one partner is often hard enough. And though these
couples generally intend to bring others into their sphere
simply to fuck, inevitably the addition of outside
personalities generates conflict. Directors Joe and Harry
Gantz relentlessly capture every moment of internal conflict
and personal suffering on video. And the people whose lives
are captured in this film hide nothing.

Sex With Strangers is the type of documentary that HBO would
love. All three couples give of themselves completely. Sara,
Julie and Calvin are three 20-somethings caught in a
destructive triad. Calvin is a manipulator who convinces both
girls to have an open relationship with him because he
doesn't want to have to decide between them. But since the
girls are initially against fooling around with each other,
one of them is inevitably left out on a nightly basis. This
leaves Sara especially perplexed and upset, since Calvin has
already sworn to her that he plans on marrying her. (The
twist at the end is priceless.)

We are basically introduced to Gerard and Shannon on the day
that Shannon tells her mom that the two of them are swingers.
She seems confident and strong in her lifestyle choice -
almost as if the choice to be swingers is more her doing than
his. But as the documentary proceeds, it turns out she is
anything but strong.

James and Theresa, on the other hand, turn out to be the
most well adjusted of the bunch. These two travel around to
nightclubs in their RV, pick up on either single girls or
couples and bring them into their mobile home for some
alcohol and extracurricular fun. They are surprisingly
successful.

Sex With Strangers provides a very unique look not just into
the lives of these three couples but also into the swinging
lifestyle in general. This one won't satisfy your customers'
need to stroke it, but it will certainly exercise their
noodles. This is one film worth watching from start to
finish.